6 comments:

Well obviously a MM romance, possibly a MM fantasy, the guy on the right seems to perhaps be a djinn.

For me personally, this cover is a bit too lurid. I think I could do the kissing without the obvious tongue action, but even though I like an occasional MM romance, this cover kind of puts me off. Though in general the artwork is well done, something about the kiss also looks awkward, and the hand in the hair looks somehow disembodied. And we have the patented penis-knife too!

The title is readable, but a little tough to make out. The subtitle and author name are a bit too small.

I do like the colors and the artist is talented. Others may not be at all put off by the tongue action. Keep in mind that I'm a 51 year old straight female. :)

well, robin, i'm 54 and married with 3 grown kids, and though i have no problem at all with gay romance, I have to agree about the tongue action being a bit over the top. I wouldn't want to see that on the cover of a hetero romance, either.

But wow! the quality of the illustration is outstanding. I'm very impressed with the artist.

Would i read this book? No, I wouldn't, but only because i'm not into this genre. However, i bet those who are would snatch it up in a heartbeat.

I thought about that hand last night (the shirtless guy's right hand, in the crusader's hair) and tried to imagine an embrace where that was physically possible without it being very uncomfortable. I couldn't. The artist is obviously quite talented. I wish I could be more positive about the cover. I just can't.

I am into this genre and I would NOT snap this up in a heartbeat. No, it will not attract the "right" reader since this is not the kind of cover most of us who buy this genre look for. I buy rather a lot of it as a matter of fact, but I wouldn't even consider this novel after a look at the cover.

The tongue action on the cover puts it right over the top and actually even showing the lovers kissing is a bit against the genre norms. I could DEFINITELY live with out the stupid dagger/penis symbolism which is so cliched that it's painful.

The guy's arm has also been detached in order to get his hand in that position.

It's too bad that who ever did this cover didn't find out what is the norm in this genre. If you want to see absolutely beautiful m/m covers, take a look at those by PL Nunn such as the cover of Bloodraven.

It's lovely art even if the artist's anatomy isn't quite up to snuff and he(?) doesn't seem to know what people look for in this genre. Too bad this cover is so completely off-putting.

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